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Originally Posted by runamuck
Then I suggest cedar.
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You know, that's not a bad idea.
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Originally Posted by peter.coombe
Listen to your Luthier.
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He suggests engelmann and rosewood, but I don't think he's made a parlor guitar before, so I wanted to get a few more opinions.
It's an odd situation with this luthier, because while he's pretty experienced (~20 years), he doesn't make many steel-string instruments—specializes in classical guitars. Naturally I expect no miracles, but so far I've only seen him do good work; anyway, I'm in a country where everything is cheap, so he's charging shockingly little by U.S. standards. I guess I'll see how it goes.
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Originally Posted by John Arnold
Hard to beat red spruce and mahogany. I have an early-1900's Arion parlor (13" lower bout) with that combination and it is magical. It is very lightly built, with a Spanish cedar neck.
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That's a combination I've been thinking about, for sure.